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Sailing & Scuba Diving

I hold an active Master Scuba Diver Trainer’s Certificate. I have logged over 3000 dives in my lifetime. I also have a 1989 Captains License. For close to ten years of my life, being on a sailboat or under the water was a big part of my daily life.

Sailing & Scuba Diving Travel

Fiji

Bula In 2006, we visited Fiji. After we returned from Belize, I really wasn’t happy to be back in Montreal. The first winter back was bad and the second was worse. There was one period where the temperature did…

Sailing & Scuba Diving

Diving The Indians

The Indians are four unique shaped rocky pinnacles in the British Virgin Islands right next to Norman Island. These easy to spot rocky pinnacles rise about sixty feet above the water surface. This unique rock formation has one of…

Sailing & Scuba Diving Travel

Sapodilla Cayes

The Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is the southernmost group of atolls in Belize. They consist of 14 mostly uninhabited islands within a section of the Mesoamerican reef measuring about 39,000 acres in size. These islands include Sapodilla Caye, Hunting…

Sailing & Scuba Diving Travel

Moho Caye

Moho Caye is a beautiful island that is home to soft white sandy beaches and lush greenery including, coconut, almond, oak and mangrove trees all surrounded by crystal blue waters ideal for snorkeling, diving and swimming. Located only 12…

Sailing & Scuba Diving

Laughing Bird Caye

Laughing Bird Caye National Park is one of the gems in a string of pearls of the Belizean Barrier Reef World Heritage Site. It is a beautiful little island situated 11 miles off the coast from Placencia Village. The…

Sailing & Scuba Diving Travel

Roatan

The first time I visited Anthony’s Key was to purchase their 48 foot Pro Dive boat they had for sale and I had flown over from Belize via Pedro San Sula to Roatan to check the boat out. I’m…

Sailing & Scuba Diving

Seven Barnacles

Twenty-one miles off the southern coast of Belize lies three small islands called The Silk Cayes. Of the three, the northern-most caye is virtually a bump in the ocean. The Silk Caye is large enough to pull a few…

Sailing & Scuba Diving Travel

A Tale of Three Steves…

In 2003, Scuba Diving magazine rep Steve Eisenberg approached me and asked for a couple of days of scuba diving from the dive shop I was operating in southern Belize. Since this included meeting and leading one of the…